Crenshaw's Books & Decks

Talking it Over is a very witty novel on a love-triangle story told by each character in first person to the reader. Barnes creates a human chorus with distinctive voices, and characters that feel real and almost alive due to his insight on the psychology of each one. I especially love snob Ollie's character which is just hilarious.

Talking it Over is not as philosophical and deep as other of Barnes' books, but is light, entertaining, witty, well written, with a masterly character composition, and still succeeds at making us questioning what reality is by listening to the distinct voices of all of characters involved.

Just a warning, more of Ollie's interventions are plagued with French expressions and sayings. If you don't know French, you will need a dictionary at hand, which might be a put off for some people.